A school board candidate in next month’s election for North East Independent School District was captured on camera last year cursing at an Uber driver and telling San Antonio police the incident is why people drive drunk, footage obtained by KSAT Investigates shows.

One of the finalists for the vacant spot on North East Independent School District’s board of trustees is accused of spitting on an Uber driver and repeatedly kicking the door of his vehicle earlier this year, San Antonio police records obtained by KSAT Investigates confirm.

Campaign finance reports obtained by KSAT Investigates from the Texas Ethics Commission show that Steve Hilliard, Marsha Landry, Diane Villarreal and Jacqueline Klein all have ties to a socially conservative political action committee (PAC) called Parents United for Freedom.

The board has been attempting to fill its Single Member District 2 seat since Trustee Terri Williams passed away in early August.

A candidate to fill the vacant spot on North East Independent School District’s board of trustees was sued by the district last year amid allegations she failed to pay property taxes in 2019 and 2020, court records obtained this week by KSAT Investigates show.